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Fuller continues letter 3 describing their arrival at Fort Delaware within 24 hours of departure. He discusses his amazement at the number of vessels in Delaware Bay. Upon arrival, Fuller was informed by General [Shoupe?] that he was to be kept in…

Fuller continues letter 3 describing his poor living conditions and contrasts his treatment with his care of a prisoner, Union Captain Cox of the 21st Indiana Regiment. He also refers to his faith in God.

Fuller continues letter 3 by reflecting on his capture, as he was wounded during the loss of the Queen of the West, believing that he survived through prayer and God's intervention.

Fuller concludes letter 3 informing his wife that he was transferred to another room where two Union soldiers were being kept and were sentenced to be shot in 4 or 5 days for attempting to desert the army. A preacher came in to pray with the two…

Fuller opens letter 4 by commenting on his health and trying to rid his clothes of lice. He doesn't know why he is kept in close confinement while other officers have more freedom. At 11 am, he was ordered to the General's office. He was ordered to…

Fuller continues letter 4 describing the small rations in detail, as well as the generally poor conditions. He says conditions were better where he was held at the Fort, but he prefers having company. Another party of Confederate prisoners arrived;…

Fuller continues letter 4 by describing the poor cooking conditions. Fuller talks about officers possibly getting shot or hanged; he then refers to a childhood premonition of being hanged. At 4:00, a corporal summoned Colonel Banter Smith of 4th…

Fuller concludes letter 4 stating that the General ordered them to close confinement. They aren't given food, and he thinks such conditions will encourage other officers to attempt escape. They're finally fed and the Union officer explains the delay…

Fuller opens letter 5 describing the fear of the North about threats to Pennsylvania. He doesn't think the South will invade at present. They were released from close confinement, and he reports that the health of other Confederate soldiers seemed…

Fuller concludes letter 5 stating discipline has gotten worse. He also mentions that he's saving parts of his rations for the more hungry prisoners. He reports of a sentinel firing his musket at a prisoner for a trivial offense, missing his target…

Fuller opens letter 6 with describing his living conditions upon returning to the fort, comparing them with the camp conditions. He gives details about their rations, and describes the unsanitary conditions for cooking because their water is…

Fuller concludes letter 6 by assuming the reason for confinement of the officers is due to the escape of another prisoner, Lieutenant Colonel Brewery. He states that he is sick with fever and dysentery, and mentions the continued challenges to…

Fuller opens letter 7 by telling his wife that he's been extremely sick and can't obtain medicine. He finds some relief in provisions from kind persons in Pennsylvania, preserves and wine. More prisoners are brought from battles at Pennsylvania.…

This portrait of E. W. Fuller depicts Captain Emelius Woods Fuller of the Confederate Army seated and wearing a sash containing Freemason symbols. "Hon: E. W. Fuller / St. Marinsville, LA" is written in the margin along the bottom edge of the print.

Close up of a hole in the cover of Flora's Dictionary, a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana.

Detail from page of Flora's Dictionary, a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana. This detail is from the corner of the page and features a floral pattern used to frame the page's text.

Spine of Flora's Dictionary, a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana.

This is the salutation of a letter from Captain Emelius Woods Fuller to his wife Mary Haskell Fuller. The letter is dated June 3 and is contained in a volume of Flora's Dictionary Fuller received while a prisoner of war in New Orleans. Fuller, a…

This image contains page 5 from the copy of Flora's Dictionary in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana and a letter from E.W. Fuller to his wife, Mary. This image illustrates the orientation…

This page is from a copy of Flora's Dictionary in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana.

This entry is from Flora's Dictionary a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana. This page contains an entry for Althaea with a poem.

Four versions of the flag of the Confederate States of America are shown on this print from 1896. Standing at the center are Stonewall Jackson, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Robert E. Lee, surrounded by bust portraits of Jefferson Davis and Confederate…

The first national flag used by the Confederate States of America from March 4th, 1861 to May 26th, 1863. Nicknamed "the Stars and Bars".

The third national flag of the Confederate States of America, known as "the Blood Stained Banner" has been used since March 4th, 1865.

Masked Ku Klux Klan member riding in car, holding noose outside window during a parade through an African American neighborhood of Miami on the night before a primary election.

Black and white photograph depicting large meeting of Ku Klux Klan members in a field at night beneath burning cross.

This photograph depicts an early KKK of 1870, Division 289 from Watertown, New York. At this point of the KKK existence, members did not always hide their identity.

After the war ended, the thousands of African American freedmen who fought for both the North or the South had trouble finding support for equal rights.